Why not just allow the camera to move without worrying above the rider model moving its head, this would work in both first and third person. It would be more functional and help with cleaner racing to view around you to see people. For example hitting a big jump and being able to quickly change the camera to view behind you to see whether or not some dude is about to punt you on the inside. Do it something like how car games work and how you can rotate the camera around you while driving, except just do left, right, and behind for t.

Why not just allow the camera to move without worrying above the rider model moving its head, this would work in both first and third person. It would be more functional and help with cleaner racing to view around you to see people. For example hitting a big jump and being able to quickly change the camera to view behind you to see whether or not some dude is about to punt you on the inside. Many car racing games have this where you use the dpad to view all around the car to see exactly where your opponents are.